Ghanaian-born George Sefa Dei is a renowned educator, researcher and writer who is considered by many as one of Canada\u2019s foremost scholars on race and anti-racism studies. Currently, he is Professor of Social Justice Education & Director of the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE\/UT). Professor Dei is the 2015, 2016, 2018-19 Carnegie African Diasporan Fellow. In August of 2012, Professor Dei also received the honorary title of \u2018Professor Extraordinarire\u2019 from the Department of Inclusive Education, University of South Africa, [UNISA]. In 2017, he was elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, the most prestigious award for an academic scholar. He also received the \u20182016 Whitworth Award for Educational Research\u2019 from the Canadian Education Association (CEA) awarded to the Canadian scholar whose research and scholarship have helped shaped Canadian national educational policy and practice. He is the 2019 Paulo Freire Democratic Project, Chapman University, US - \u2018Social Justice Award\u2019 winner. In 2021, Professor Dei received the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario Alliance of Black School Educators for how long-standing work promoting Black and minority youth education. Professor Dei has forty (40) books and over seventy (70) refereed journal articles to his credit. Finally, in June of 2007, Professor Dei was installed as a traditional chief in Ghana, specifically, as the Gyaasehene of the town of Asokore, Koforidua in the New Juaben Traditional Area of Ghana. His stool name is Nana Adusei Sefa Tweneboah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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